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New Toy Library at Maulana Azad School, Dharavi- 20th September 2013

20th September, 2013 was a special day
because we were setting up a toy library and play centre for a school in Dharavi
named –Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Educational Trust.

The scheduled time given to us to
reach the school was 12:30 pm. Flooded with toys all four corners it was
exciting to set up a new toy library. Searching for the right road, entering
into the wrong lane we managed to find the school.

We brought down the toys and placed
it into the place we were going to conduct the session. Soon the first batch of
teachers arrived (Std. 5th-std 7th). Ruta ma’am introduced them to Toybank while
I decided to click some photographs. Then we brought out each toy and explained
it to the teachers, answered their questions etc.

The next batch (std 1st-std 4th)
it was the same process of explaining and playing with each toy. Finally, we had
the Play center teachers with whom I played several games and it was fun.
Meanwhile, ma’am explained to one of the teachers how to maintain a data for the
toy library. After which we counted the number of toys. The total was 76 toys
and not to forget brand new toys .everything went off so well and it was almost 4 pm We thanked all the teachers for their enthusiasm and support.For more picture click hereBy Anandita (SNDT intern)

Toybank, an initiative under The Opentree Foundation, is an organization in India that promotes the Right to Play for all children, because a happy childhood defines almost every aspect of a child’s life and in turn the society. Founded in August 2004, our motto is to provide every economically-disadvantaged child an equal opportunity to education, achieved through healthy play and games.
As of January 2018, Toybank has set up 276 Play Centers and impacts the lives of 43,009 at-risk children every day.